Off-road vehicles

The 775 Offroad and Recovery non-profit will host a special event in Carson City to promote and support the Northern Nevada off-road community. The 4x4 Off-road Show n' Shine will be held May 14 at Casino Fandango in the top level of the parking garage.

Mono County Sheriff's Office investigators continue to search for a missing 16-year-old girl with family ties in Yerington who was last seen early Saturday, Oct. 13 near her home in the Bishop, Calif area.

The Carson City Board of Supervisors met last Thursday to consider an amendment to section 10.30 of the Carson City Municipal Code dealing with off-road vehicles in proximity to houses.

UPDATE: The Nevada Appeal announced on its Facebook page today the death of its long-time pressroom manager Larry Ronhovdee in an ATV accident.
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Carson City sheriff’s deputies responded early Sunday night to an accident involving an all-terrain quad vehicle, about 3 miles up a canyon on the east side of Carson City off Deer Run and Sedge roads. It appears to be an accident-related fatality and a coroner was called to the scene, said Carson City Sheriff Ken Furlong.

A mountain is being destroyed, and the neighborhood below it is being polluted by off-road vehicles in Douglas County.
Hot Springs Mountain is on BLM land, and it towers right above the neighborhood known as Johnson Lane.
The mountain has been cut up by a web of trails created by off-road vehicles.
Heavy use of the trails pulverizes the soil and the trails become loose and unable to support even foot traffic yet alone the vehicle traffic. The off-road operators then cut new (bypass) trails. Ultimately the new trails get pulverized and the process starts again.